Old Chicks Know Sh*t Podcast

Late Blooming Bride

When you find yourself single in your 50’s you may begin to question whether love is still possible for you. Dating seems like a hassle and you might honestly believe that there are no good men left.  
 
In today's episode, I talk to Treva Brandon Scharf dating coach and creator of The Late Blooming Bride (a fantastic and very real blog btw) about her experience of finding love in midlife and becoming a first-time bride at 51. Treva shares how to build dating resilience, overcome limiting beliefs, and eliminate the obstacles to finding love. We talk about the biggest things working against us as midlife women and shares her dating secrets and mistakes with us.
 
This is a great listen if you have ever found yourself wondering if there are any good men left out there. Treva shares all the secrets to finding your one.
 
Learn more about Treva
Treva Brandon Scharf is an International Coaching Federation certified life coach, fitness professional, writer, and first-time bride at 51.
Treva started as a copywriter at BBDO New York, where she created campaigns for Pepsi, Pizza Hut, and Visa, Gillette, among others. Her writing repertoire includes screenwriting, TV programming, web content, and blogging.
As a lifelong athlete, Treva turned her passion into a profession, first as a fitness coach, then as a life coach. She gets clients fit from the inside out by first building resilience, confidence, and self-worth.
As a post-50 influencer, Treva writes about surviving singledom and finding love later in life at her blog, “The Late Blooming Bride” - trevabrandonscharf.com/blog. She’s also a dating advice contributor to Huffington Post, Hollywood Progressive, Relationship Development & Transformation, Thrive Global, Midlife Boulevard, Medium, BetterAfter50, Medium, Bustle, Romper, and the Intelligencer.
Treva co-hosts the podcast “Done Being Single” - donebeingsingle.com - with her husband Robby Scharf, a musician, production executive, and fellow late bloomer. Together, they deliver dating intervention and relationship advice to thousands of listeners all over the world.
Website: trevabrandonscharf.com
Facebook: facebook.com/treva.brandonscharf
Instagram: @trevabme
Twitter: twitter.com/trevabme
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/trevabrandonscharf

Boundaries Will Set You Free

I don't know about you but up until a few years ago, no one was talking about boundaries, let alone how to set and hold them. It just wasn’t a thing.  And because of that, I like many of us fell into the trap of trying to do everything for everyone. For many of us saying yes is a knee-jerk reaction that comes so naturally but often leads us to overwhelm and sometimes resentment.  Been there!  In today's episode, I chat with Master Coach and bestselling author, Nancy Levin about the importance of boundaries and putting ourselves first on our list.  
Nancy provides powerful insight and new ways to look at setting boundaries that can dramatically change your life. If you are exhausted from your yes', you'll definitely want to give this podcast a listen and I'd encourage you to pick up a copy of her book "Setting Boundaries Will Set You Free”.  It's full of practical advice and tips for setting effective boundaries. A great read!
Learn more about Nancy
Nancy Levin is a Master Coach and bestselling author of Setting Boundaries Will Set You Free, Jump … And Your Life Will Appear, Worthy: Boost Your Self-Worth to Grow Your Net Worth, Writing For My Life, and Permission to Put Yourself First.
Formerly the Event Director at Hay House for over a decade, Nancy is the creator of Levin Life Coach Academy training & certification program, as well as many in-depth coaching programs guiding clients to make themselves a priority and set boundaries that stick.
Nancy received her Masters in Creative Writing and Poetics from Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado and she continues to live in the Rocky Mountains.
Website - nancylevin.com
Books - nancylevin.com/about/#books
Facebook - facebook.com/NancyLevinAuthor
Instagram - instagram.com/nancy_levin
Twitter - twitter.com/nancylevin
YouTube - youtube.com/channel/UCrUC6NdbENi1P2bQez1ghRg
 

Aligning With Your Worth

In this episode, we get a little bit woo-woo in this beautiful discussion with Tara Kinden, Coach, Founder and CEO of Worth Camp™ and host of The Worthy Woman Collective podcast.
The heart of this podcast is about guiding women back into their worth. We dive into the importance of learning how to rest more and to trust our own intuition. Did you know that all women are creative but how we each express it is different? Discovering our version of creativity is important because creativity and self-worth are tied together. By allowing our creativity to flourish, it allows our worthiness to expand exponentially!
Tara is an expert in Human Design readings. Human Design allows us to get to know our true selves, who we are and what we’re here to do. I've had my chart done with Tara and we discuss my experience and how it helped me take back my power and connect with my deepest desires.
Prepare to have your mind awaken in this powerful podcast.
Learn more about Tara
Tara teaches women how to become authentically aligned™ with their worth, feminine power and potential for limitless living.  She uses human design, intuition, years of study & over 2 decades of entrepreneurship, to help women re-calibrate their energy and align with what they deeply desire.
 
Worth Camp - https://tarakinden.com/worth-camp/
Website - tarakinden.com
Instagram - @taralkinden
Facebook - facebook.com/TaraKinden
Podcast - tarakinden.com/worthywomancodepodcast

Finding "HER" Within

Today I have a conversation with author Janis Dougherty who shares how her life was upended through death, divorce and cancer. She explains how feeling completely lost in her life and finding rock bottom lead her on the journey to find herself.  We discuss the 20 questions from her book “Her Within” that we all should be asking ourselves to uncover our most authentic self at this time of life.  
She encourages us to connect with the 'HER' within that is hiding in so many of us. To find her, to trust her, to love her.
Learn more about Janis:
As a woman who set out on her own journey to connect with something that was missing, Janis found that women around the world are facing this same turning point in life. Many women have lost a connection with their HERwithin.  The comfort of finding that place where there is no judgement and plenty of encouragement is HER. That intuitive voice women hear or that nudge that they feel is HER. Janis teaches women how to connect with HER through the steps of Find HER, Embrace HER, Allow HER, Trust HER and Love HER.
Janis is a mother of two, a stepmom to three and an advocate for women to follow a path of fulfilment and “Discover the Woman Within”.
Author of the book, Find Her - https://herwithin.com/find-her-the-book/
Website - https://herwithin.com/
Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/689890371702377
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/herwithin/

Discover Your Soul Style

Does your style reflect who you are at a deeper level? Perhaps you've never thought about it. Midlife is a great time to do a self-inventory and help your outer image reflect your inner being.
This a super interesting conversation with Soul Stylist and Confidence Catalyst, Amanda Weil. She helps guide women to feel SEEN by infusing fashion, self-growth and spirituality. Such a great mix! Amanda debunks some of the typical 'fashion rules' that the media and even we have set for ourselves.
We talk about making changes to the way we look at clothes and our style and how to represent our authentic, soul-self through the way we dress. Amanda challenges the way we think about colour and reviews how working with the chakra system can bring exciting new life into our wardrobe and life.
Such a great way to connect with one of my favourite topics, fashion, and blending it with another favourite topic, soul growth. Enjoy!
Learn more about Amanda:
My speciality is styling businesswomen who feel stuck in a rut with their corporate dress codes. I’ll help you discover the style of your true self so that when you are sitting in a meeting you are not afraid to speak up and you feel more respected.
After 14 years as a corporate executive, I know firsthand how stifling and robotic it can feel wearing outfits that do not allow your true self to shine. I have mastered how to infuse a style awakening for my clients so their wardrobe calls forth the most confident and connected version of themselves while maintaining a business edge.
A few minor changes in one's wardrobe can make a huge impact on confidence and thus life and work decisions. My clients are successful businesswomen who have had enough of feeling robotic and masculine due to their office dress code and crave to feel alive when they dress for work. I guide them to find their true style and use their newfound confidence to elevate their performance at work. 
Instagram: Amandaweilstyle
Website: www.styleawakeningacademy.com
Facebook Group: http://bit.ly/accentuatedstyle

Lessons From My Reinvention Journey

This episode of the podcast is a little different. It's the very first ever solo episode of the show. This is something that I have been resisting for a while.
I made a promise to myself for 2021, to ramp things up a bit and get back to taking some uncomfortable steps for the growth of my mission to help as many midlife women as possible create their kick-ass next chapter. And for my own personal growth as well.
Doing the podcast each week is one of my favourite things. I love interviewing guests and hearing their stories about how they got from point A to point B and the lessons learned along the way. But I've had a huge amount of resistance around sharing my own story. It has felt a bit vulnerable to put my whole life out there on the world wide web for everyone to hear. Not to mention listening to myself talk for 30 minutes. Why is it so hard to hear our own voices?
So in this episode, I’m sharing all the gory details of how and why my life fell apart at the age of 50 and the process of rebuilding it to create my own kick-ass next chapter as well as all the lessons I have learned along the way. I would love for you to listen and let me know your thoughts. I hope that you can see yourself in some part of my story and that there's a thought or idea that might resonate with your own midlife reinvention journey.
Learn more about the voice behind the Old Chicks Know Sh*t Podcast:
Jennifer Arthurton is the creator and founder of Old Chicks Know Sh*t, a community and podcast designed to inspire and support midlife women in chasing their dreams and creating their kick-ass next chapter. Jennifer is an empowerment coach, podcast host, writer and speaker, and having made her own midlife course corrections, she is a passionate advocate of the inherent power and wisdom that women possess at a time when they often feel overlooked and doubt themselves most.  Find out more about at www.oldchicksknowshit.com or Old Chicks Know Shit on Instagram and Facebook.
Schedule a Clarity Kickstarter Call with Jennifer - oldchicksknowshit.com/claritykickstarter

Strong At Any Age

Today I chat with Susan Niebergall about fitness at any age and getting into the best shape of your life at midlife. We talk about all the benefits of strength training for women and how it is actually the #1 anti-aging tool.  She shares how being obsessed with numbers, either scale weight or calories, could actually be holding you back. Instead, she shares one thing that we should be focusing on to meet our fitness goals. If getting into the best shape of your life is on your midlife bucket list you will want to give this one a listen.
Check out Susan's book "Fit At Any Age" here - susanniebergallfitness.com/fit-at-any-age
Find her SF Inner Circle here - sfinnercircle.com
Connect with Susan on Instagram @susanniebergallfitness or on  Facebook at facebook.com/susanniebergallfitness. 
Access her website here - susanniebergallfitness.com
Meet Susan:
I am a Personal Trainer and Strength Coach. I am in my early sixties and am living proof that anything is possible at any age. I have a passion for helping people, specifically helping people attain their fitness goals, and I love empowering people in the gym and in their life–especially middle-aged women!
I am a wife to a fabulous high school band director and Mom to an awesome college-bound young man. I have been in education my whole life. I was a high school and elementary school band director and was a school counsellor for 24 years. I love teaching and helping people!
 
 

Own Your Worth

Ashley Paré, is a Leadership Coach who helps women ask for what they want in their careers and businesses. 
Ashley's experience from her own life as well as working with her clients has helped her identify the roadblocks for women getting what they want and how they can overcome them.  We chat about getting clear on what you want, subconscious beliefs that hold us back and giving ourselves permission. 
Whether you want to get a promotion or raise the rates in your business or even if you are re-entering the workforce you will find some valuable nuggets in our conversation to help you own your worth! 
Here is a link to Ashley's TEDx Talk we mention in the podcast - https://ownyourworth.org/tedx-talk/
Learn more about Ashley:
Ashley Paré is the CEO & Founder of Own Your Worth®, an organization bridging the gap between employees and employers.  As a leadership coach and sought after Speaker, Ashley gives women the tools to own their worth and negotiate for what they want without fear of negative consequences.  Ashley is a TEDx Speaker with more than a decade of corporate experience in global Human Resources.  She’s been featured in The New York Times, Glamour, CNN Money, Good Morning America and more. She resides with her husband and son in Boston, MA. You can learn more about her work at www.ownyourworth.com.